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** Vulture Conservation Foundation news bulletin
January 2020
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** Vulture conservation highlights from 2019
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Even if 2020 is already a few days old, the team at the Vulture Conservation Foundation wishes you a very Happy New Year! We hope that the new year will bring new hope, with more highs than lows in vulture conservation and beyond.
In 2019, we achieved great strides in vulture conservation, and we will continue to work with the same diligence and dedication to protect Europe's Vultures in the coming year.
For a last look at the 2019 vulture conservation highlights, you can visit our blog.
Vulture Conservation – 2019 Overview ([link removed])
Griffon Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
Bearded Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
Egyptian Vulture Conservation – 2019 Overview ([link removed])
Cinereous Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
** LIFE with Vultures Cyprus
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We became part of a new LIFE ([link removed]) project that launched in 2019 - LIFE with Vultures. It is a four-year project aiming to save the vulnerable Griffon Vulture population in Cyprus by implementing targeted conservation actions to prevent the extinction of the species on the island and to establish a sustainable population. Together with our partners - BirdLife Cyprus ([link removed]) , Game and Fauna Service ([link removed]) and Terra Cypria ([link removed]) - we will address the main threats the species face and reinforce the population in the island.
LIFE with Vultures: a targeted effort to save the Griffon Vulture in Cyprus ([link removed])
** Win a GPS tag!
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We are giving away a GPS tag to a project working on Griffon Vulture or Cinereous Vulture conservation in Europe!
Ecotone Telemetry donated a tag to us and we have decided to give it away to a vulture conservation project to support our international colleagues.
It's free to take part in the competition, which will run until Sunday 9 February 2020.
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** Latest news about Europe's four vulture species
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** Bearded Vulture
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The 2019/20 Bearded Vulture breeding season in the Alps is off to an early start ([link removed])
Bearded Vulture Silviano regained her freedom in the heart of the Pyrenees ([link removed])
Complicated surgery gives Bearded Vulture Flamadel new hope for his future ([link removed])
Conclusions of the Annual Bearded Vulture Meeting 2019 ([link removed])
Bearded Vulture pairs in captivity started laying eggs ([link removed])
The Bearded Vulture breeding trio in Ecrins laid an egg for the 3rd consecutive year ([link removed])
Bearded Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
** Griffon Vulture
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Gulper, ripper and scrapper: anatomy of the neck in three species of vultures ([link removed])
Weak Griffon Vulture rescued in the Var (France) ([link removed])
Competition: Win a GPS tag - suitable for Griffon or Cinereous Vultures ([link removed])
Griffon Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
** Egyptian Vulture
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Are Egyptian Vultures under threat from NSAIDs in Greece? ([link removed])
Released Egyptian Vulture Kate found dead in Western Sicily after spending only two months on the island ([link removed])
What duties do Egyptian Vulture pairs share during the breeding period? ([link removed])
Egyptian Vulture Conservation – 2019 Overview ([link removed])
** Cinereous Vulture
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Gulper, ripper and scrapper: anatomy of the neck in three species of vultures ([link removed])
Cinereous Vulture in Spain killed by ingesting illegal poisoned bait ([link removed])
Competition: Win a GPS tag - suitable for Griffon or Cinereous Vultures ([link removed])
The GPS movements of the first-ever wild Portuguese Cinereous Vulture tagged stopped. What happened? ([link removed])
Cinereous Vulture Conservation - 2019 Overview ([link removed])
** Latest news from our vulture conservation projects
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Vultures Back to LIFE ([link removed]) led by Green Balkans and the Fund for Wild Flora and Fauna, aims to reintroduce the Cinereous Vulture back to Bulgaria since it was declared extinct in the 1980s.
Latest news
Necropsy performed on two Griffon Vultures in Bulgaria ([link removed])
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The LIFE Re-Vultures ([link removed]) project, led by Rewilding Europe, aims to support the recovery of Cinereous and Griffon Vulture populations in the cross border Rhodope Mountain region.
Latest news
Griffon Vulture Census results in the Balkans ([link removed])
Five feeding sites built in the Greek part of Rhodope Mountains as part of LIFE Re-Vultures ([link removed])
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The Balkan Anti-Poisoning Project ([link removed]) is bringing together stakeholders in five Balkan countries to tackle illegal wildlife poisoning.
Latest news
Wildlife-human conflict in Greece: wolves, vultures and actions ([link removed])
** Vulture Poisonings
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Unfortunately, 2019 ended on a sad note following a mass poisoning incident in Africa. Two days before Christmas in Northern Zululand, 16 vultures met a tragic fate, causing alarm for the region's diminishing vulture populations fearing that they could face extinction if these incidents continue at this rate. Vultures were gravely affected by poisoning in Africa in 2019, with more than 1,200 vultures estimated to have been deliberately poisoned across Southern and Eastern Africa, according to the Endangered WildLife Trust (EWT) ([link removed]) .
Another mass poisoning in Zululand causes alarm for the future of vultures in the region ([link removed])
In Spain, another incident was detected in late December of a Cinereous Vulture dying by ingesting a poisoned bait laced with carbofuran - a highly toxic pesticide used for agricultural purposes, which is still used illegally even though its commercialisation has been banned in the European Union for more than ten years.
Cinereous Vulture in Spain killed by ingesting illegal poisoned bait ([link removed])
To help raise awareness about illegal vulture poisoning, we are supporting the Stolen Wildlife campaign ([link removed]) , which recently released the second series of awareness photographs.
The Stolen Wildlife Campaign just released the second series of awareness photographs ([link removed])
** Follow vultures online
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We are tracking the movements of GPS tagged Bearded, Cinereous, Griffon and Egyptian Vultures travelling across Europe and beyond. You can follow the movements of the vultures we are tracking by visiting our online public maps ([link removed]) .
Bearded Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Cinereous Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Griffon Vulture online maps ([link removed])
Egyptian Vulture online maps ([link removed])
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If you have any news you would like to share please contact Eleni Karatzia (mailto:
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